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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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As I was searching for special belemnites in my belemnite jars, I found this one here ! It is not round, and it could be a tip, as the alveola doesn't seem to progress fully through it ! Is this really one ? If so, how rare would a parhological belemnite be ? Its 2,7 cm in length, and was found at the shores of the baltic sea. @TqB, @rocket, @Ludwigia, @anonaddict
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Hello everyone! I wanted to share this photo I recently took. It shows a sand deposit from the Rotliegend, a geological period that dates back to the Permian era (around 299-252 million years ago). The Rotliegend is known for its arid desert environment, where wind and occasional water flows created extensive deposits of red sand and silt, typical of this time. This particular sand deposit hasn't lithified into a solid rock and remains loose. Interestingly, each time it rains, more of the sand gets exposed or eroded away, revealing new features bit by bit. I'm curious, does anyone know exactly what this could be? Could it be some kind of trace fossil or an interesting sedimentary feature specific to this period? I’d love to hear your thoughts or if anyone has encountered something similar in their studies of the Permian. Thanks in advance for any insights !
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I bought this Solnhofen fossil at the Denver Mineral, Gem and Fossil Show this year. Each wing is 6cm long and the body, head to tip of abdomen is 8cm long. It did not come with an id but the vendor contacted his person in Germany who said he would call it Stenophlebia amphitrite. However, I'm seeing online an expected wingspan for that species of 170mm, which this one would fall short of (even if it had its wings on the right!) This is my first fossil purchase. I was impressed with the threads I read on this forum before going to the show last week and so would also be interested in critique of the fossil itself -- perhaps that needs to be posted though in a different discussion? Thank you in advance for guidance on id as well as thoughts on the fossil itself. Doug
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From the album: Permian fossils from Rheinland-Pfalz, sw-Germany
a big and rare Rhabdolepis from a closed site. Found long time ago... Length is around 28 cm, thats a big one. Rhabdolepis is very uncommon and today impossible to find -
Ammonite id. What species? 1. Germany. Amaltheus? 2. Germany. Amaltheus? 3. Germany. 4. Germany 5. Possibly Germany 6. Madagascar 7. Poland 8. Poland. 9. Germany. 10. Germany
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I bought this ammonite as a child decades ago at Gletschergarten Luzern, Schweiz. Together with it I also bought one Dactylioceras sp. (Lias Epsilon, Schwarze Jura) I assume originally from Germany. Those were my first two fossils. Is there anyone who could determine the genus of this ammonite based on a photo of the cross-section. It is 5 cm tall.
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From the album: Ammonites
Schlierbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Toarcian (Jurassic). Bought from a private collection. -
From the album: Permian fossils from Rheinland-Pfalz, sw-Germany
A rare fish from southwest-germany, nice and - due to volcanism - "fritted" fish. Middle Permian, Niederkirchen, lenght is around 12 cm -
Is it Real, when yes what is it
knochi posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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Hi, I stumble over these and similar Fossils all the time in Muschelkalk layers in Hardegsen, Germany. Always thought them to be some trace fossils, but since they all Look so very much alike, maybe it is something else?
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L.S., The photographs below show a 23 mm-long fragment of an insect wing, which I found in the Moscovian (Late Carboniferous) of the Piesberg, near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony (Germany). Unfortunately, the specimen was found exposed on very weathered shale. It fragmented on the slightest touch, forcing me to glue it in the quarry to get it home at all. Not ideal, but better than letting it crumble to dust, I guess. The three images show low magnification microscope photographs. I also made a crude stitch, to better show the overall shape of the 23 mm-long wing. Since animals are not my strong suit, I would certainly appreciate any help with further identification of this fragment! Thanks, Tim
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Is this petrified wood by any chance, or just a schist? I know this question gets asked all the time but it's hard for me still to tell them apart. I got it in Germany but not sure of its origin. Thank you all!
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L.S., Instead of a regular "pointy end", the below pinnule of Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri shows a forked end, plus also a smaller lateral pointed structure on the left. Not sure what may have caused this aberrant pinnule-shape, some kind of pathology perhaps? I was wondering whether others have found similar, deviating leaf shapes. Would love to see your examples or hear your thoughts about this one. Kind regards, Tim
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Hello dear fellow forum members. After a long time finally something I found myself again. Went on a trip to some locations of my youth in the "Oberbergisches Land" region of North-rhine-westphalia. The usual rock there is devonian Greywacke, which is much used as a very hard building material. Crinoid stem sections of 5-10 mm diameter are abundant in spots, usually they form rust colored layers in the otherwise dark grey wacke. Among blocks of the usual grey stuff that had at least been moved to close an old quarry I found a piece of an unusually soft, chalky yellowish stuff with a crinoid hash of very thin (about 2-3mm) segments. It does not foam or fizz at all with acetic acid. (the dark brown spot in the pic is still wet). The spotted clast in the middle of the closeup pic caught my eye. I wonder if it is a piece of crinoid anatomy or rather a piece of pumice. Could this be volcanic ash containing crinoids? Scale in cm/mm obviously. Best regards, J
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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Katosaxoniapteron brauneri Prokop et al. 2023
paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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Katosaxoniapteron brauneri Prokop et al. 2023
paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri (Hoffmann) Cleal et al. 1990 (aberrant pinnule)
paleoflor posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
© T.K.T. Wolterbeek
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From the album: Fossils found at the baltic sea of Denmark and Germany
Galerites from the pebble beach on Fehmarn, Germany. Its from the maastrichtian and 4 cm long.© Brevicollis
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From the album: Fossils found at the baltic sea of Denmark and Germany
Parasmilia excavata coral, found at a pebble beach somewhere along the coast. It dates back to the maastrichtian and danium, and they have their origin in nothern Germany and Denmark. Its 2 cm in hight.© Brevicollis
